Acetylene-gas generator.



R. L. BECK. AGETYLENE GAS GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 5,1913.

Patented June 23, 19M

r I o ALLorneys Witnesses UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BODEN In BECK, 0F INDEPENDENCE, KANSAS.

ACETYLENE-GAS GENERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

- Patented June 23, 1914.

Original application filed February 26,1913, serial'uo. 750,875. Divided and this'applieation filed July 5,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RonnN L. BECK, a citizen of the United States, residing at Independence, in the county of Montgomery and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Acetylene -Gas Generator, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a series of carbid-holding, cells, adapted to 'be employed in an acetylene gas generator. I

The invention hereinafter set forth constitutesmatter divided out of my prior applica'tion No. 7 50,875, filed on or about February 26, 1913, and purporting to set forth sundry improvements in. an acetylene gas generator. p p

The present invention aims to provide novel means for supporting the carbid cells in superposedrelatlon, and for securing an adequate circulation of water through the cells. p

It is within the-scope of the invention to improve generally and to enhance the utility of, devices of that type to which the present invention appertains.

, .With the above and other objects in view which will appearas the description proceeds, the invention residesfin thecombination and arrangement of parts-,andin the details of construction hereinafter described and-claimed,-it being understood that changes in theprecise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed'fcanbe made within the'scopeof what is jclaimed' without departing from the spiritof the invention.

In the drawings :Figure 1 shows the invention in vertical longitudinal section,

parts appearing in elevation; Fig. 2 is a transverse section; Fig. 3 is a sectional detail showing a portion of one of the carbid receptacles; and Fig. 4 is a bottom plan of one of the carbid receptacles;

In carrying out the invention 'there 'is provided a receiver 1 having an outer wall 2 and an inner wall 3, spacedapart, there being'a water seal 4 between the walls 2' and 3. I The inner wall 3 defines a compartment 5 in which are located a plurality of superposed carbid receptacles 6. Each car'- bid receptacle is in the form of a. frustoconical an equip at its lower end wlthoutstan g ears whereby one pan may vent the closure 9 from rising.

1913. Serial No. 777,490.

be supported-upon another. Each pan or carbid receptacle 6 is rovided adjacent its upper edge and in its side wall with a water outlet 8. A closure 9 for the receiver 1 is provlded, the closure bein a depending sidewall 10 which fits into the water seal 4 and lies between the walls 2 and 3 of the receiver 1.' An upright pipe 11 is provided, the lower end of the pipe 11 being connected detachably with the closure t) through the medium of a coupling 12. If it is desired to have the closure 9 rise-and fall, the pipe 11 may be of a telescoping or flexible construction. If, however, it is desired that the closure 9 be .held rigidly in place, the pipe 11 may be rigid so as to pre- A water supply pipe 38 enters the ipe 11. Water is supplied to the pipe 11 rough'the pipe equipped with 38, the water being discharged by the pipe I 11 into the uppermost carbld receptacle 6, and when this receptacle 6 has filled suflic1ently,-water will flow downwardly through the outlet 8 and pass to the next lower carbid receptacle, the operation above described being carried out repeatedly, as onecarbid receptacle after another is filled. The gas generated from the carbid will pass upwardly through the pipell. The opening 8 in each pan 6 is spaced sufiiciently from the upper edge of the said pan, so that the water proceeding through the outlet 8 will be received within the contour of the next lower an; p Having thus described the invention, what is claimed isz+ Ina device of the class described, a receiver; inverted, frusto-conical carbid re-- ceptacles in the receiver and arran ed in superposed relation, each receptacle av ng an opening-in its side walland discharging into the next lower receptacle; and a plurality" of brackets carried by each receptacle, each bracket comprising a slanting arm secured to the outer wall of one receptacle and a horizontal arm flush with the -lower face of said receptacle, the horizontalarm projecting beyond the periphery of the larger end of said receptacle and engaging the upper edge of the larger end of the next lower receptacle, the extremities of the hori-v zontal arms engaging the inner wall of the receiver to spacethe'pemphenesof the receptacles from .the receiver, the horizontal arms being visible as one receptacle is placed upon another, whereby the horizontal arms of the respective receptacles may be alined, thereby to effect an adjustment in the relative positions of the openings in the-several receptacles; and means for admitting Water to. the uppermost receptacle.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

' RODEN L. BECK.

Witnesses:

. PAUL RAOTTO,

J. B. UNDERHILL, 

